Plot

Roop and his father come to the city for medical treatment and Reshma falls in love with Roop. Roop loves Pooja, but when Reshma threatens to kill herself, Roop agrees to marry her.

Street-wise musician Roop Singh Rathod must take his father Shambunath to Mumbai in order to seek medical treatment for a throat ailment. In Mumbai, Roop takes up a job as a singer in wealthy businessman Ajay Narang's hotel. Roop's life takes a new turn when Ajay's only sister Reshma fascinates him. Roop is already in love with a doctor back home, Pooja. When Reshma realizes this, she informs Ajay, who will go to any lengths for his sister's happiness--even kill Roop.—gavin (racktoo@hotmail.com)

Roop Singh Rathore (Shahrukh Khan) is a singer in Rajasthan just like his father, Shambunath Singh Rathod (Anupam Kher). Roop and Shambu together host puppet shows for tourists and have a happy life together. Shambunath falls sick and needs immediate medical care in Bombay. Shambu is against going to Bombay as his own brother Raghuveer had gone there several years ago and died in a road accident. Shambu says that Bombay is a heartless city which will take Roop away from him. Roop gets very emotional and threatens to leave home, so Shamu agrees to go.

Roop and his father immediately transfer to Bombay, where Roop goes to find work in a hotel owned by Ajay Narang (Naseeruddin Shah), where his friend Chandu also works as a waiter. Ajay dotes on his sister Reshma and her happiness means everything to him. Ajay had a partnership with Minister KK Singh (Anant Jog), but Ajay beat him up mercilessly when one day KK Singh put his evil eye on Reshma.

Roop manages to enter Reshma's birthday party and starts singing. Ajay and Reshma are enthralled by his voice. Ajay's sister Reshma (Ramya Krishnan) falls in love with Roop. Reshma is a spoiled girl and Ajay sees through all of her wishes. Upon Reshma's recommendation, Ajay hires Roop to sing at his hotel. Roop is over the moon and indebted to Reshma, due to which he will be able to pay for Shambu's treatment.

Roop meets Pooja (Pooja Bhatt) when she saves his life from a road accident at night, when she was going home from the hospital. Roop doesn't know her name or address. But Shambhu meets Pooja in the hospital, where she is a nurse, and immediately like her as his future daughter-in-law. Shambu decides to meet Pooja's maternal uncle (Avtar Gill), brother (Razak Khan) and paternal uncle (Amrit Patel) to ask for her hand for Roop. They all agree if Pooja consents to the marriage. Roop keeps running into Pooja in Bombay and even Pooja starts liking him. They both are shy to admit their feelings to each other, and Roop still doesn't know Pooja's name. Pooja realizes that Roop is Shambu's son, and that Shambu wants to marry her to Roop. The next day Roop also finds out that Pooja is the girl that Shambu wants him to marry.

Meanwhile, Reshma becomes obsessed with Roop. When she sees that all the girls are flattered over Roop, she gets very jealous and asks him to sing only for her now from then on-wards. Roop realizes that Reshma is obsessed with him and decides to leave. Roop prefers to work for Ajay's rival, Patel (Shrivallabh Vyas), rather than take Reshma's offer. Ajay's obsession with keeping his sister happy at all costs comes into play and Patel is brutally beaten by him until he agrees to throw Roop out of his hotel. Turns out this is the 2nd time Reshma has been obsessed with someone. Ajay remembers the time many years ago when Reshma went through the same symptoms when she fell in love with someone.

Shambu's situation gets worse when the tumor bursts after he eats betel leaf. Now, he must be operated upon, and he needs to arrange money for it within 24 hours. Desperately in need of money for his father's operation, Roop has no option but to work for Reshma and Ajay. Reshma slowly becomes creepily obsessed towards Roop, treating anyone that stands in the way of her love towards him. Ajay reveals to Roop that many years ago Reshma was happily married. The one day, she found that her husband had cheated on her, and she started crying. Ajay could not tolerate that, and he killed her husband by smashing his head into the wall. He warns Roop never to make Reshma cry.

Shambunath's undergoes an operation, which goes well, but seeing Roop extremely unhappy with his new life, which saddens Shambu.

To protect Pooja and his family, Roop decides it is best to break up with Pooja, despite her efforts to console him. Pooja tells Roop that he did the right thing to save his father. To help Roop get over her, she decides to marry colony boy Raja (Pankaj Berry) who is in love with Pooja.

Shambu is disappointed with Roop and says that he was better off dead. Roop is shaken and decides to leave Reshma. He goes to Pooja's wedding and expresses his love for her. Pooja refuses to reconsider, but Raja comes forward and reunites the lovers, relinquishing his claim on Pooja. Roop later tries to leave Bombay himself, along with his father and Pooja, but his plans are interrupted when Reshma tries to commit suicide, causing Ajay to have an outburst of anger.

Nevertheless, Pooja and Roop get married. Frustrated with such a turn of events, Reshma and her brother devise a plan to make their lives miserable. After tracking Roop, Shambunath, and Pooja down, Ajay puts Roop's father on gallows and a rope tied around his neck with Roop on his feet, leaves with Pooja, and asks Roop to save Pooja or his father.

Although Roop refuses to leave his father in such a horrible situation, Roop's father kicks him, sacrificing himself so that he could save Pooja and his son could be happy. Roop sets out to save Pooja, which brings him to a party Ajay is throwing at his hotel. Roop crashes Ajay's party where Pooja is being held hostage. Ajay and Roop begin to fight and brawl, during which Reshma threatens to kill Pooja if Roop doesn't stop fighting with her brother.

Ajay then tries to shoot Roop, but Pooja, who just sees him, pushes Roop out of the way and Reshma gets shot, getting killed. Ajay is left in a shocked and catatonic state, while Roop and Pooja escape.

Roop and Pooja end up crying on a sidewalk, embracing each other bloodily and distressed.